Morgan’s Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Pupils, including disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs, achieve well. Progress in reading, writing and mathematics is good and attainment at age 11 is consistently above average. The attainment of pupils entitled to support under the pupil premium (mainly those entitled to free school meals) is above that of all pupils nationally.

Behaviour and safety over time are outstanding. The school is a harmonious community. Pupils are polite and courteous and have a very strong understanding of how to stay safe.

The school provides extremely good support for pupils whose circumstances make them vulnerable. A very ...large majority of teaching and learning is good and improving rapidly because : realistic and challenging targets are set for teachers. Teaching in Years 5 and 6 is outstanding.

The provision for pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is outstanding. The strong leadership and management, including that of the effective governing body, is driving school improvement. Thorough and effective monitoring of teaching identifies strengths and areas for improvement that form the basis for school improvement planning.

As a result, strengths are maintained and improvement is continuing. Links with parents and carers are excellent. It is not yet an outstanding school because: Teaching has not been consistently good enough to challenge more-able pupils in Years 1 and 2 or ensure a brisk pace to learning.

As a result attainment at age seven has not improved rapidly, especially in reading, because too few pupils have been attaining the higher Level 3 The independent learning skills of pupils in Reception and Years 1 and 2 are not strong enough to improve progress further. Systems for analysing data do not provide easily accessible information to compare school performance with other schools nationally.

Information about this school

This school is smaller than the average primary school.

Almost all pupils are of White British origin. Very few have English as an additional language. The school has a variable proportion of pupils from families of Traveller background.

Currently this is just over 6% which is well above average for this particular group. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs who are supported at school action is average. The proportion who are supported at school action plus or who have statements of special educational needs is well above average.

The proportion of pupils eligible for the pupil premium is below the national average. This includes children in local authority care, children of service families and those known to be eligible for free school meals. The school meets the government's floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.

The school houses an independent nursery class which is subject to a separate inspection. The school holds the Eco-schools Green Flag Award. No pupils are taught in off-site provision.